The Sirens of Baghdad

ISBN-13: 9780099513230 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str.

Yasmina Khadra

Opis

The narrator of this story is a young man from a small desert village who is pulled into the radical insurgency engulfing Iraq. Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade, he has returned to his village where he witnesses a series of horrifying events that transform him.

Recenzje

Expertly evokes an urban atmosphere of paranoia and random destruction Guardian

O autorze

Yasmina Khadra is the nom de plume of the Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, who took a female pseudonym to avoid submitting his manuscripts for approval by the army. He is the author of four other books published in English, including the acclaimed bestseller Swallows of Kabul. He lives in France.